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As with anything else, the focus must be the story. Hard magic systems are great - they have mechanics, and they have effects on their environment, and exploration of these magic systems can propel the story onward. A very good Hard Magic System (HMS) will take the plot and mix it up, showing...

you think you're winning, but there is always someone below you.

It is really up to the fans of the series to create a wiki. Or do you mean a feature that the author can update?

Give them a backstory full of pain. Really drag them across the five circles of hell. Show their internal struggles. Characters who overcome that feel Badass. As an example - Jiraiya from Naruto.

I just use a laptop. I don't think I can write outside. I've tried writing on the phone but I just can't - it doesn't feel natural. There are novels I have written using Ink and Paper. I actually love doing that. It gives a sort of immersion and immediacy that no other medium can attain. I love...

Fresh milk tastes fresh.

Humans tend to dislike concentration of power in the hands of a few.

A classic good series where it is used in an interesting way is The Wheel of Time. Dream walking. Uh, no. Your brain is doing maintenance while you're sleeping. So, it is not trying to fetch memories, just fetching memories in the process. Which is usually why the assumption that dreams "mean"...

Dreams are just random neurons firing in your head while you sleep. Why you remember some dreams more than others is a more complex question. I do not put much stock in them. As far as how Dreams relate to writing - well, I don't think they do. Other art forms might - certainly Dali used his...

Like what Hamlet is about? About a guy who can't make up his damned mind and how that leads to a tragedy. The tragedy being the deaths.

I don't know how to promote a novel.... I just know how to give bad advice on forums. :blob_teary:

Hamlet in a Nutshell. Cause at the end all the fuckers are dead.

Enervating

Was not the intention. You have to learn from the masters. Literary theory actually teaches jackshit about writing, but if we take a look at examples there, there is much to learn about how reality and themes of reality are represented in fiction. My point was to show that not even the "Great...

Are paragraphs allowed?

Gardeners and Architects. Some like to plant seeds and see how they bloom, some like to make blueprints and landscape. Choose a bit of both, and find what you are comfortable working in!

The short answer is practice. Try writing short stories. Take a scenario, work on it. Read it. If you are satisfied, as in you have good grasp of the emotions of you character, and have learned to put them down on text, you are good. The Long Answer is ... some literary theory? Most writing...

LMAO That is just an excellent advice. I always think great stories have great synopses. The problem is writing one when your story isn't complete. But, I think this is a way to avoid divulging to much. It really is quite the art to do so within even the first 30 words.